Sunday, March 18, 2001 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Seussical

Yesterday was a full day of theatre. Bill Jennings, producer of the showtunes website Mermaniac, came to town this weekend. We attended the matinee of Follies and the evening performance of Seussical.

SOURCE: www.seussical.com at 12:00AM

AmericanTheater Web

AmericanTheater Web: Theater Under the Stars Prepares for Miss Saigon After Broadway - What to Expect

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The Providence Journal

The Providence Journal: Scarlet Pimpernel as a song-and-dance man

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Follies: Inevitable comparisons to the Paper Mill production will be made. This production is a few steps ahead of Paper Mill's. For the most part, it is well cast, although I feel as though…

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Seussical: I am a bit torn with the whole David Shiner episode, on one hand the producers have to have the ability to do what they can to keep a show running. Mr. Shiner received his financial obligation but perhaps the producers did not handle the transition well. That all behind us:

    CATHY RIGBY IS INSPIRED CASTING.
She is natural and it seems as though the role fits her as well as Peter Pan. The benefit of this: the show is once again wonderful. The cast seems as though they are truly having fun on stage (could Mary Ann Lamb be any cuter?) as it seems that with the backstage happenings settling down, the show is the thing. As usual, Kevin Chamberlin, Janine LaManna and Sharon Wilkins bring outstanding performances to the stage. Go see it. It is a new Seussical. This one works better.

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Two blind Items Submitted:

    First, as one team of Broadway producers consistently proves, "Anything's Possible" when it comes to buying out their actors. Brings new meaning to the movie title Get Carter...

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Second, word on the street is that three of the actors in Follies--including two whose names are above the title--may not still be in the show on opening night.1) Seussical and Aaron Carter... which is really not new news. Am I missing something there?

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2) The Follies re-casting rumors have been circulating, but I have not heard them from solid sources yet. I think that Roundabout may have a very hard time replacing anyone in this high profile revival, especially by the April 5 opening night deadline. But, if this does happen, I suppose that Frank Scardino will handle it much better than others have.

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Jacques Lecoq: A Prophet of Gesture Who Got Theater Moving

The International Theater School of Jacques Lecoq in Paris teaches clowning, improvisation and commedia dell'arte whose graduates have collectively redefined the boundaries of physical thea…

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For Stoppard, a Play Must Be Just That: Play

Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love," opens March 29 at the Lyceum Theater. Although the play has an ineffable sadness, the playwright insists it is meant primarily to entertain. "Theater…

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